Empirical approaches to sociology : a collection of classic and contemporary readings
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Empirical approaches to sociology : a collection of classic and contemporary readings
Pearson, c2004
4th ed
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Empirical Approaches to Sociology is the only introductory level reader to offer a selection of major articles that are rich in research data, yet may be easily understood without advanced math skills. Using primary sources, the book gives readers a chance to see how research findings are interpreted and incorporated into sociological theory.
Table of Contents
* denotes selections new to this edition.
Preface.
Introduction.
I. THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL ORDER.
Classic.
Social Order and Control via Close Social Ties: The Example of Suicide, Emile Durkheim.
Social Order and Control via Force: The Example of the Expropriation of the English Agricultural Population from the Land, Karl Marx.
Contemporary.
Suicide in America Revisited: Durkheim's Enduring Ecological Correlation, K.D. Breault and Dustin Brown.
The Great Disruption, Francis Fukuyama.
II. ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
Classic.
Attitude vs. Actions: The Pitfalls of Quantitative "Survey" Research, Richard T. LaPiere.
Contemporary.
The Menthal Hospital from the Patient's Point of View: The Pitfalls of Participant-Oservation Research, Raymond M. Weinstein.
The Idea of Contextual Effects, Gregg Lee Carter.
Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis: The Example of Family Socialization and Eating Disorders, Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Gregg Lee Carter.
III. CULTURAL EXPLANATIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
Classic.
Ethnocentrism, William Graham Sumner.
Contemporary.
India's Sacred Cow, Marvin Harris.
IV. SOCIETY.
Classic.
The Small-World Problem: The Myth of Mass Society, Stanley Milgram.
Contemporary.
HIV/AIDS as a Societal Problem: The Third Decade, Joseph J. Lengermann and Roberta B. Hollander.
The Societal Problems ASsociated with Modern Capitalism: The Need for Social Justice, Joe R. Feagin.
The Social Organization of Corporate CEO Recruitment Hurts the Social Organization of Society: The Negative Consequences of the Search for "Corporate Saviors," Rakesh Kurana.
V. SOCIALIZATION.
Classic.
Social Class and Parental Values, Melvin L. Kohn.
Contemporary.
New Evidence for the Benefits of Never Spanking, Murray A. Straus.
Socialization and the Production of Gender Inequality: The Influences of Family, School, Peers, and the Media, Gregg Lee Carter and Sharlene Hesse-Biber.
VI. GROUPS.
Classic.
The Effects of Group Pressure on The Modification and Distortion of Judgments, Solomon E. Asch.
Contemporary.
Social Groups and Psychological Distress, John Mirowsky And Catherine E. Ross.
ocial Support as a Moderator of Life Stress, Sidney Cobb.
Homeless Communities and the Causes and Consequences of Homelessness, Eric L. Hirsch and Mark Stamey.
Single-Parent Families, Blended Families, and the Academic Achievement of Adolescents, Michael J. Fraleigh.
VII. INTERACTION.
Classic.
Obedience to Authority, Stanley Milgram.
Contemporary.
Reformulating the Internet Paradox: Social-Cognitive Explanations of Internet Use and Depression, Robert LaRose, Matt Eastin, and Jennifer Gregg.
Interaction: The Work Women Do, Pamela M. Fishman.
VIII. CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND SOCIAL CONTROL.
Classic.
Control Theory and Juvenile Delinquency, Travis Hirschi.
Contemporary.
Trajectories of Change in Criminal Offending: Good Marriages and the Resistance Process, John H. Laub, Daniel S. Nagin, And Robert J. Sampson
Cellblocks or Classrooms? The Funding of Higher Education and Corrections and its Impact On African American Men, Jason Ziedenberg And Vincent Schiraldi.
Guns, Kids, and Violence, Gregg Lee Carter.
On Being Sane in Insane Places, D. L. Rosenhan
IX. INEQUALITY.
Classic.
Up And Down Opportunity's Ladder, James Davis.
Contemporary.
The Apple Falls Close to the Tree, Alan B. Krueger.
For Richer, Paul Krugman.
Disparities in Income: Cross-National Comparisons, United Nations
Social Class and Voting in the United States: A Historical and International Analysis, Leonard Beeghley.
X. RACE AND ETHNICITY.
Classic.
Black Ghettoization and Social Mobility, Norman Fainstein.
Contemporary.
The Continuing Significance of Race Revisited: A Study of Race, Class, and Quality of Life in America, Michael Hughes and Melvin E. Thomas.
Minority Success and Single Gender Schools, Cornelius Riordan.
Racial Progress in America, Abigail And Stephan Thernstrom.
XI. GENDER.
Classic.
Gender Roles and Identification: A Product of Socialization and Genetics, John Money and Anke A. Ehrhardt.
Contemporary.
Men as Success Objects and Women as Sex Objects: A Study of Personal Advertisements, Simon Davis.
The Relationship Between Weight and Career Payoffs AmongWomen, Katherine M. Haskins and H. Edward Ransford.
Gender Inequality in the Workplace: The Example of Women in Management, Robert E. Robertson, with Gregg Lee Carter and Sharlene Hesse-Biber.
XII. SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT.
Classic.
The Success of the Unruly, William A. Gamson
Contemporary.
A Cross-Cultural Theory of Political Conflict and Violence, Marc Howard Ross.
Armed Conflict Within and Between Nations, United Nations.
The Restructing of the Healthcare System and its Broad Implications for the United States, Sam Mirmirani.
Immigrant Workers and the Great American Job Machine... Andrew Sum, Neeta Fogg, Paul Harrington, Ishwar Khatiwada, Mykhaylo Trubskyy, and Sheila Palma.
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